First Jan. 6 Suspect Charged With Firing Gun

Published on March 12, 2024

An Illinois man has become the first person involved in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, to be charged with firing a gun. John Banuelos, 39, was arrested on March 8 on multiple counts, including discharging a firearm on U.S. Capitol grounds. FBI investigators found images and video footage of Mr. Banuelos in Washington near the Capitol on Jan. 6 with a gun in his waistband, according to a criminal complaint. Surveillance footage captured him waving a gun above his head, while video captured by others showed him firing two shots in the air while on scaffolding outside the building. There’s “probable cause to believe” that Mr. Banuelos violated a federal law that prohibits firing a gun, discharging explosives, or using dangerous weapons inside Capitol buildings or on Capitol grounds, an FBI agent wrote in the document....

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